civilians. while millions of others which amount to half the prewar population, have been forced to leave their homes. all this as defense secretary mattis warns syria about the use of chemical weapons. we made it very clear that would be very unwise to use gas against people, civilians on any battlefield. russia was the frame work guarantor that assad would get rid of it. either russia is incompetent or in cahoots with assad. secretary mattis implying that any use of chemical would spark military action from the u.s. as it did last year when president trump ordered a strike on a syrian air base. massachusetts democratic senator elizabeth warren ruling out a 2020 presidential run
jon: our media panel, joe concha and judy miller, author and fox news contributor. so where do you fall on the scale of media opinions of this move, judy? is this a huge win for north korea or a daring victory for president trump? i have to admit, john, i really don t understand all the criticism of the president on this one. what president has done well with north korea? we had the 1994 frame work agreement. we had 2005, another agreement that they violated. every agreement has been violated. no president, no american president has talked to a north korean leader since 1953. let donald trump try this. yes, it s unorthodox, it wasn t well-prepared. but has anybody else done better? i like jaw jaw better than war. we re boxing ourselves in. so on this one, i want to give
without the help that you give this country. anything that they do, we re going to blame on you. you need to step up. you need to say enough is enough. you need to bring them to the table. that s what president xi did. now it s up to president trump to be as direct as deliberate with kim as he was with president xi. the sanctions are working, our allies are with us. the world is hoping that president trump will be successful. jon: you said we have not given up anything in order to obtain this meeting. there are some you might call them detractors or people coming from a position of caution that say that just by meeting with the most powerful man in the world, you ve elevated kim on the world stage. what do you say to that? is that a concern? it s not a concern. look, if this president can avoid millions on millions of people being killed by somebody with weapons of mass destruction, it s worth a
the president a chance and i don t understand the media criticism. it s just as if you can t say anything at all that is good about this president. jon: joe? phil graham from texas said we re a nation of liars. that can apply to our media. we re profoundly accomplished offering up complaints and saying why everything is bad with a certain kind of solution. to judy s point, well, gee, the last 30 years hasn t gone to well under clinton, bush and obama. that s why president trump got elected, a partial reason. people say i may not agree with everything he is doing but washington is broken. let s bring in somebody that does something different. we have to remember back to last august. fire and fury. yes. like the world has never seen. that will lead to world war 3. it appears to have led to kim jong-un blinking here and we re talking. the problem now would be, the expectations are set that unless trump walks out of this meeting with north korea agreeing to
steel workers, from the union, the president with the steel tariffs. at least put out something to give them to go to his candidate. you heard him saying he s never going to vote with us. the republican race has taken another play from president trump s book. listen to this. i do not believe as paul ryan does that these are entitlements or another form of welfare. if i have anything to say, if i have the honor of serving as your next member of congress, we will extend the sam thank you and recognition not just in words but in actions. we will secure these rights and benefits that you have earned. he will try to do whatever connor the chameleon can be and try to be more like me, try to draw votes away from me. doesn t work when we put the facts out there. melissa: there you go. both sides have learned something from the president. connor the chameleon. some call it name-calling.